Half a century of succession in a temperate oakwood: From species-rich community to mesic forest

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Hédl, Radim ^a   Kopecký, Martin ^a,b   Komárek, Josef ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Homogenization; Long term changes; Loss of diversity; Natural woodland; Semi permanent plots

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COPPICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNGULATE; WOODLAND;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

UNGULATA;

EID: 77950259040     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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